🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.25.17

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 25 · Verse 17

सर्वथा तेन हीनाया रामेण विदितात्मना ।तीक्ष्णं विषमिवास्वाद्य दुर्लभं मम जीवितम् ।। ५.२५.१७।।।। ॥५-२५-१७॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.25.17 · Devanāgarī reading text

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